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Sukhoi Interceptors: The Su-9, Su-11, and Su-15: Unsung Soviet Cold War Heroes
Yefim Gordon & Dmitriy Komissarov
Available NowClosed in 1949, the Sukhoi Design Bureau was reborn in 1953 to meet an urgent demand for a fast interceptor that…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 805 color and b/w photos, profiles, line schemes | 320 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358685 | Binding: hard cover$64.99
Avro Lancaster: RAF Bomber Command’s Heavy Bomber in World War II
Ron Mackay
Available NowThe Avro Lancaster was the Royal Air Force’s main four-engine bomber in World War II. Its superb design,…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 193 color and b/w photos | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358456 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
German Superheavy Panzer Projects of World War II: Wehrmacht Concepts and Designs
Michael Fröhlich
Available NowTank design bureaus first became involved in the development of very heavy tanks after WWI. In addition to the…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 210 color and b/w photos and drawings | 176 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358654 | Binding: hard cover$35.00
M24 Chaffee, Vol. 1: American Light Tank in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam
David Doyle
Available NowThe M24 Chaffee was the finest light tank developed by the US during WWII. This tank was developed by Cadillac,…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 166 color and b/w photos | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358593 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
SBD Dauntless: Douglas’s US Navy and Marine Corps Dive-Bomber in World War II
David Doyle
Available NowThe Douglas Dauntless was the US Navy’s frontline dive-bomber in the early days of WWII. Even after the…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 228 color and b/w photos | 128 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358463 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
Sherman Tank, Vol. 2: America’s M4 and M4 (105) Medium Tanks in World War II
David Doyle
Available NowVolume 2 on the famed Sherman medium tank covers the welded-hull, radial-engine-equipped M4 and documents its…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 204 color and b/w photos | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358470 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
The M1 Garand: Variants, Markings, Ammunition, Accessories
Jean Huon
Available NowGen. George S. Patton called it “the greatest battle implement ever devised.” The legendary…
Size: 9″ x 12″ | 418 color and b/w photos | 80 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358562 | Binding: hard cover$24.99
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 E: Germany’s Premier Early World War II Fighter
David Johnston
Available NowThe Bf 109 E “Emil” entered service in 1938. The aircraft’s DB 601 engine transformed its performance,…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 152 color and b/w photos | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358609 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
The Soviet Space Program: The N1: the Soviet Moon Rocket
Eugen Reichl
Available NowThe N1 was the booster rocket for the Soviet manned moon program and was thus the direct counterpart of the Saturn…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 89 color and b/w photos | 144 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358555 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
The Woman in My Uniform: Women of the Third Reich in Their Husbands\’ Uniforms
Matt DiPalma
Available NowAt once an examination of gender ideology in the Third Reich, a history of women in uniform as photographic theme,…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 478 color and b/w images | 208 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358630 | Binding: hard cover$26.99
Tigers I and II: Germany’s Most Feared Tanks of World War II
David Doyle
Available NowGermany’s Tiger tank, whether in the form of the Tiger I or later Tiger II (King Tiger), was the most feared…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 179 color and b/w photos | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358487 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
US Landing Craft of World War II, Vol. 1: The LCP(L), LCP(R), LCV, LCVP, LCS(L), LCM, and LCI
David Doyle
Available NowNo less than Dwight Eisenhower described Andrew Jackson Higgins as “the man who won the war for us,” referring to…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 176 color and b/w photos | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358616 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
USS Hornet (CV-8): From the Doolittle Raid and Midway to Santa Cruz
David Doyle
Available NowUSS Hornet (CV-8), made famous through its launching of the 16 US Army B-25 Mitchell bombers flown by Jimmy…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 177 b/w photos | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358623 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
USS Nimitz (CVN-68): America’s Supercarrier: 1975 to the Present
Sérgio Santana
Available NowThe nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Nimitz is the oldest carrier in the US fleet. Commissioned in 1975, CVN-68 is…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 159 color and b/w photos | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358494 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
The History of the American Space Shuttle
Dennis R. Jenkins
Available NowThe flight campaign for the American space shuttle began on April 12, 1981, with the launch of STS-1 from the…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 1,040 color and b/w photos | 336 pp
ISBN13: 9780764357701 | Binding: hard cover$59.99
De Havilland Mosquito, Vol. 1: The Night-Fighter and Fighter-Bomber Marques in World War II
Ron Mackay
Available NowThis first of two volumes on de Havilland’s “Wooden Wonder” covers the night-fighter and…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 197 color and b/w photos | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358203 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
M551 Sheridan: The US Army’s Armored Reconnaissance / Airborne Assault Vehicle From Vietnam to Desert Storm
David Doyle
Available NowThe M551 Sheridan is often referred to as a light tank, but in actuality it was an armored reconnaissance/airborne…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 231 color and b/w photos | 128 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358210 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
P-38 Lightning Vol. 2: Lockheed’s P-38J to P-38M in World War II
David Doyle
Available NowThis second of two volumes continues the P-38 story by focusing on the later, mass-produced models of this…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 167 color and b/w photos | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358227 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
Stuart Tank Vol. 2: The M5, M5A1, and Howitzer Motor Carriage M8 Versions in World War II
David Doyle
Available NowThe Stuart light tanks were the first tanks taken into combat by US troops during WWII. Production of these…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 140 color and b/w photos | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358234 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
The Colt M1911 .45 Automatic Pistol: M1911, M1911A1, Markings, Variants, Ammunition, Accessories
Jean Huon
Available NowThe Colt M1911 is one of the most well-known and popular military weapons of the 20th century. Designed by John…
Size: 9″ x 12″ | 374 color and b/w photos | 80 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358258 | Binding: hard cover$24.99
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